What gps do you use?

dom101 wrote:
Thanks for all the posts. But in regards to Second Chances post (Have you used the search function on the forum? This has been discussed dozens - if not hundreds - of times) Rob if you type in what I posted, disregarding what replays we had today, you will find tons of post, nothing to do with what I asked. Has anyone else used the Rand Mcneil?

However, if you use Advanced Search feature and put GPS as the keyword and select Topic only, you get this which is Exactly what you're looking for.

Co-pilot RV on a tablet. The DW uses a TomTom, a wonderful "dedicated" GPS. TomTom took us down a 13% grade in the Catskills the first year we had it. Last year, TomTom tried to take us down a parkway with 10' high bridges and Co-pilot took us the right way. Whatever you get, make sure you can enter your rig's dimensions and that the GPS actually uses them to route you. Also, never select the shortest route.

Fizz wrote:

Tom/Barb wrote:
I don't use one,, my phone has "" MAPS""

Lets not get this argument going again.
A phone is not a GPS.
It shares some features but falls way short, assuming of course that one knows how to work a real GPS

Huh?

My iPhone has a GPS radio chip and a full database no different than any other GPS does.

In fact if you have the right software on your phone, and have access to a public (free) RTK base station you can take 1-2 cm RTK GNSS positions on a smartphone. This is accurate enough to legally make a land survey with.

How is that falling ‘way short’ of anything?

We use a Garmin for travelling and have been very happy with it. We have used it all across North America.

We also are happy with the Garmin on our boat

I now have a Garmin RV 660 unit. Earlier in 2018, I had a Garmin Nuvi 855.

Thanks for the great tip about downloading google off line on wifi I'm going to try that

I use Garmins, I'm an HVAC service tech and use them day in and day out. Some of the young techie guys use their phones, I just know one time one of them met me on a job, and I was at the correct house and he was down the street on the wrong side of the street trying to figure out where I was. I also figured out you can replace the internal battery in a Garmin.

dom101 wrote:
I have tried two types of gps, Garmin and Magellan. Both will failings. Am looking for best option. Google is good but I have to use data so I'd like one that doesn't require data. Any thoughts?

Did you know that Google Maps will let you easily download maps to your phone/tablet so you don't need data? Even though some people will tell you it won't work, almost every phone sold for the last several years has a dedicated gps chip built in so you can even use an old phone with no data plan. That is what I do on my motorcycle. I just loaded the maps using wifi and had a successful trip from South Dakota to the California coast and back home. I meant to take my gps and just had the old phone for an mp3 player in case of rain, and I forgot the gps.

Thanks for all the posts. But in regards to Second Chances post (Have you used the search function on the forum? This has been discussed dozens - if not hundreds - of times) Rob if you type in what I posted, disregarding what replays we had today, you will find tons of post, nothing to do with what I asked. Has anyone else used the Rand Mcneil?

Waze for ALL trips, Older Garmin with traffic for additional travel. I have Inrix app on my phone... it sometimes gets opened when there's a conflict between the other two.